Two large iron tsubaJakushi school, Tosho type, 17th to 18th centuryThe first of circular form, carved with a lake scene with mountains in the dis...

A shakudo tsubaNara School, 18th century Of circular form, carved on the face with two disporting shishi (Chinese mythological lion dogs) in shish...

Two lacquered iron tsubaShoami and Mito Schools, 17th centuryThe first pierced within the hammered ground and later gilded and lacquered with lotu...

A large shakudo tsubaBy Somin, Yokoya School, late 18th centuryOf circular form, engraved in fine katakiribori (engraving with an angled chisel em...

Three tsuba18th/19th centuryThe first of iron, of oval form, inlaid with the peak of Mount Fuji in gold and silver nunome, inscribed Tsuki Mitsuok...

A shibuichi tsubaIchinomiya School, late 18th/early 19th centuryInlaid in iro-e takazogan with Ono no Komachi, the reverse with a thatched hut eng...

A shibuichi tsubaBy Shigenori, late 18th/early 19th centuryOf oval form, carved in low relief with Daikoku standing on rice bales before his large...

An inlaid shibuichi small tsubaBy Nara Shigemitsu, Nara School, 19th centuryOf oval form, inlaid with a bird perched on a flowering prunus tree, t...

A shibuichi tsubaIchinomiya School, 19th centuryOf oval form, carved in sunken relief with the Kokei Sansho (Three Laughers of Tiger Gorge) standi...

A dark shibuichi tsubaIwamoto School, 19th centuryOf almost circular form, inlaid with two resting oxen beneath an overhanging willow branch, in ...

An iron tsubaBy Tomokiyo, Choshu school, early 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, carved in low relief with two fishermen in an open boat be...

A small copper tsuba with enamel inlayBy Tou, Nara School, 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the ishime ground inlaid with fireflies escap...

A shakudo kozukaGoto School, 17th centuryBearing a nanako ground, inlaid in two shades of gold takazogan with a pine tree before the full moon; si...

Two shakudo nanako kozukaMurakami school and Goto style, 18th centuryThe first inlaid with three swimming fish and aquatic plants, with slight gol...

Three iron kozukaKaga style, Soten school, unknown school, 18th to 19th centuryThe first inlaid with a dance-stage curtain, unsigned; the second c...

A rare lacquered-metal kozukaBy Yamada Jokasai, after Kano Tan'yu, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe black ishime ground lacquered with four pranci...

A dark shibuichi kozukaYanagawa School, 19th centuryThe nanako ground inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo takazogan with oshidori (Mandarin ducks)...

A shibuichi kozukaBy Okawa Teikan (1828-1898), 19th centuryCarved in low relief with a vertical design of the Shichifukujin ('Seven Gods of Good F...

A shakudo kozukaBy Jochiku, Murakami School, 19th centuryThe ishime ground inlaid with a cat curled up asleep while two butterflies flit overhead,...

A lacquered-metal kogai (skewer)By Yamada Jokasai, 19th centuryThe shibuichi-nuri (simulated shibuichi) ground lacquered with a biwa (lute) and hi...

An ebony tsuka (sword hilt) and an ebony kozukaThe tsuka by Kanenori, the kozuka by Toryusai Kozan, 19th centuryThe tsuka carved in relief on an i...

An early lacquer four-case inro16th/17th centuryBearing a rubbed nashiji ground and lacquered with six courtiers and an attendant seated around a ...

An early black-lacquer small three-case inro17th centuryThe wide body with a roiro ground, lacquered with a troop of nine macaque monkeys playing ...

An unusual lacquered-wood four-case inro17th centuryThe tall vertical oval rectangular body carved with a continuous design of two spirited dragon...

A black-lacquer large three-case inroBy Genrin, 18th centuryThe wide body with a black lacquer ground embellished with scattered gold lacquer and ...

A lacquer four-case inro18th centuryThe roiro ground with karakusa ('Chinese grasses') in silver nashiji, applied on either side with a panel encl...

A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Kahei, 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a roiro ground, lacquered with chrysanthemums and bush-clov...

A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Kahei, 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a roiro ground, lacquered with Kyoyu washing his ears benea...

A lacquer four-case inroAfter a painting by Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724), 18th centuryThe unusual wakasa-nuri ground of greenish tint, lacquered wit...

A black-lacquer small four-case inroBy a member of the Kajikawa Family, 18th centuryThe roiro ground shading to usu-nashiji and lacquered with a t...

A rare lacquered-rattan wide two-case inro18th centuryThe base covered with knitted string or yarn which also forms the cord runners, lacquered bl...

A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Koami Choin/Choshu, 18th centuryThe roiro ground with bands of muranashiji, lacquered with New Year symbols, incl...

A gold-and-black-lacquer four-case inroBy a member of the Koami Family, 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a roiro ground shading to n...

A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Koma (Kimura) Koryu, late 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with an usunashiji ground lacquered with a co...

A gold-lacquer small three-case inroStyle of Ogata Korin, 18th centuryBearing a fundame ground, one side depicting Jurojin, inlaid in pewter and s...

A red-and-black lacquer four-case inro18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a ground of mottled red over black lacquer, lacquered with gr...

An inlaid black-lacquer two-case inroBy Mizutani Shutoho, 18th centuryThe wide body with a roiro ground lacquered and inlaid with a bird in a flow...

A red-lacquer four-case inro18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a bright vermilion ground lacquered with the Chikurin no Shikken ('Seve...

A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Miyama, 18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a subdued nashiji ground, lacquered with a temple servant c...

A black-lacquer four-case inro18th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground, lacquered on one side with two small boys fighti...

A black-lacquer three-case inroBy Shiomi Masakage (1681-1764), 18th centuryThe wide rectangular body with a rich roiro ground, lacquered and inlai...

An unusual metal-inlaid wood single-case inroThe inlay attributed to Tsuchiya Yasuchika, Edo, probably 18th centuryDelicately engraved in kebori (...

A brass small three-case inro18th centuryThe ishime ground cast in relief with a sage tending to a bowl of flowers, beside an overhanging pine tre...

A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Yamada Jokasai, 18th centuryThe roiro ground lacquered with Shoki, the demon-queller riding a shishi (Chinese myt...

A black-lacquer five-case inroBy Yamada Jokasai, 18th/19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a rich roiro ground lacquered and inlaid with...

A gold-lacquer four-case inroAfter Ogata Korin, 18th/19th centuryThe matt gold lacquer ground lacquered with workmen towing a boat through reeds b...

A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Hideteru, 18th/19th centuryThe mura-nashiji ground lacquered with a ho-o bird on a flowering kiri tree, the desig...

A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Okuda Yoshitsura, after Yuga and Kahei, 18th/19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a roiro ground embell...

A rare pottery three-case inroAttributed to Mochizuki Hanzan, 18th/19th centuryThe cream-glazed pottery moulded on one side with a prancing shishi...

A black-lacquer small four-case inroBy Shigetsugu and Hamano Masayuki (Shozui), 18th/19th centuryThe rich roiro ground, lacquered and inlaid with ...

A gold-lacquer octagonal five-case inroBy Tatsuke Takanori, 18th/19th centuryThe kinji ground with mura-nashiji, lacquered with a continuous desig...

A gold-lacquer five-case inroBy Tatsuke Takanori, 18th/19th centuryThe vertical rectangular body with a nashiji ground, lacquered with ducks flyin...

A black-lacquer five-case inroBy Kanshosai Toju(sai) (fl. circa 1800), late 18th/early 19th centuryThe rich roiro ground lacquered and inlaid with...

A gold-lacquer four-case inroBy Kanshosai Toyo (fl. circa 1779), late 18th/early 19th centuryThe wide body bearing a nashiji ground, lacquered to ...

A lacquer small single-case inroBy Tatsuke Takamitsu, early 19th centuryThe shibuichi-nuri (simulated shibuichi) ground lacquered with kikumon (ch...

A black-lacquer small four-case inroBy Shiomi Masanari, late 18th centuryThe rich roiro ground lacquered with a red cockatoo perched on a jagged r...

A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Tatsuke Toshihide II (1771-circa 1842), dated 1821The rich roiro ground lacquered with a continuous elaborate sce...

A gold-lacquer three-case inroBy Koami Choko (Nagataka) after a design by Hogen Terunobu, late 18th/early 19th century.The kinji ground lacquered ...

A dark lacquer five-case inroBy Koami Hirose Nagaharu, early 19th centuryThe ground of dark nashiji embellished with scattered hirame and decorate...

An ivory four-case inroStyle of Tomotada, early 19th centuryEach side with a scrolled sunken panel bearing an ishime ground, one carved in relief...